Mohammad Aljaloss

Born in Amman 1960
1997-1981 Studied Painting at Jordan Institute
of Fine Arts
1981 BA in Business Administration, Jordan
University
1994-1995 Lived in New York City, USA
2003-2004 President of the Jordanian Plastic
Artists Association
Member of the Higher Committee of the National
Culture Conference 2004
Member of Jury, Philadelphia University, the Best
Artwork, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Member of selection jury, Bahrain yearly exhibition, 2009
Member of jury, Oman, 19th yearly exhibition, 2011,
and 23rd yearly exhibition
Member of international jury of Doha Youth international Award 2019
Member of Jury in numerous art competitions,for children’s
Paintings and artists.
CAB Art Gallery & CAB International Art Symposium – Art director
Ayla International Art Symposium / Advisor –Curator .

Publications

-Memory of a Side Street, a collection of short stories, 1984

-Buyut Min al-Salt, watercolor paintings, 1997

-Faces From Within, 2002

-Arabia Ya Buyut al-Quds, watercolor paintings, 2003

-1981-1987 Contributed many articles in the field of art,
Criticism and Journalism

-Thirty Years in Painting, Dar al Adeeb, Amman 2010

-A collection of short stories , ( Asabe Maleeha ),Adar al ahliya – Amman 2018.

Memberships and Affiliations

-Member of the Jordanian Writers’ Association
-Member of the International Association of
Plastic Arts IAP (UNESCO), Paris, since 1992

Special Achievements As An Artist

-Mural of the Municipality of Amman 2001
-Painted the largest outside wall mural (21×9 meters),
entitled “Birth” on the occasion of declaring Amman the
Capital of Arab Culture
-“Mexican Mode,” a mural in Bronx, NY City, 1995
Numerous other mural for Aqaba, Jerusalem Hotel,
Philadelphia University
-Documentary for television (57 minutes) about the artist’s
Life and art, directed by Sawsan Darwaza, entitled
“Haulaa al-Akharun,” produced by Meraa Media
First Run Orbit TV, 2000

One Man Shows

1981 -Artists Association Hall, Amman
1983 -Artists Association Hall, Amman
1985 -Petra Bank Art Gallery, Amman
1987 -Artists Association Hall, Amman
1988 -Alia Art Gallery, Amman
1989 -Alia Art Gallery, Amman
1990 -Royal Cultural Center, Amman
1991 -French Cultural Center, Amman
1992 -Baladna Art Gallery, Amman
-Riwaq al-Balqaa Art Gallery, Watercolors, Fuheis
1993 -Musée des Métiers de Mercure,
Rochefort, France
-Ashtar 2 Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
1994 -Galerie Temple, La Rochelle, France
-French Cultural Center, Amman
1996 -Baladna Art Gallery, Amman
1997 -Al-Taqaddum Association Hall,
Amman (watercolors)
1998 -Ashtar Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
1999 -French Cultural Center, Amman
2000 -Dar Al Anda Gallery, Amman
-Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem, Palestine
Watercolors
2001 -National Council for Culture & Arts,
Kuwait
2002 -Dar Al Anda Gallery, Amman (Faces
from Within)
-Al Sayyed Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
-Orfaly Gallery, Amman
-Al Qasaba Channel, Sharjah, UAE
-Oman Society of Fine Art, Salala, Oman
2006 -Philadelphia University, Jordan
2007 -Forsight Gallery, Amman
2008 -Royal Cultural Center, Amman
(Watercolors)
2010 -CAB Art Gallery, Amman, Book Launch,
-Thirty Years in Painting
2013 -CAB Art Gallery, Amman (Memory)
2016 -Nabad Art Gallery, Amman
-PAAC , arab American Community , NJ , USA . (water color collection-limited edition )
2019 – Palestin Museum, USA

-Doors 48 , CAB Art Gallery , Amman .
2022 – The Magic of The West Bank – Luxor , Picasso East Art Gallery, Cairo .

Group Exhibitions

1985 -Kuwait Biennial
-Jordan Artists Exhibition, Peking, China
1986 -Arab Contemporary Art, Mall Gallery, London
-Baghdad First International Festival, Baghdad
1987 -Jordanian Fine Arts Festival, Amman
1988 -Selection of Jordanian Paintings, Ukraine, USSR
-Baghdad Second International Festival, Baghdad
-Selection of Jordanian Fine Art, Spanish
Cultural Center, Amman
1989 -Group Exhibition of four artists: Jamal Ashour,
Hazim Zouby, Ghada Dahdaleh and Mohammad Al Jaloos,
Petra Bank Art Gallery, Amman
-Art in Our Daily Life Exhibition, National Museum,
Casablanca, Morocco
1990 -Collection of Jordan Ministry of Culture,
Artist Association Hall
-Jordanian Palestinian Fine Art Exhibition, Royal
Cultural Center, Amman
-Jordanian Fine Art Exhibition, Shoman Foundation
Gallery, Amman
-Selection of Jordanian Fine Art, University of
Science and Technology, Jordan
1991 -Three Artists, Shauki Shaukini, Rifwqi al Razzaz and
Mohammad AlJaloos, Shoman Foundation Gallery
-Forum, Tripoli, Libya
1992 -Seville International Expo, Spain
-Mehres International Festival, Tunisia
-Fuheis Third Festival, Fuhais, Jordan
-Selection of Jordanian Fine Art, Spanish
Cultural Center, Amman
-Nomination for UNESCO Prize for the Promotion
of Arts, through Ministry of Culture & Jordanian
Artists Association
-Re-Creations Exhibition, French Cultural Center,
Amman
1993 -Abaad Gallery, Amman, Group Exhibition
-Tonnay-Boutonne International Festival, France
-The Opening of Darat Al Funun, Shoman
Foundation, Amman
1994 -REC Gallery Exhibition, Paris, with Wijdan Ali,
Ali Al Mandalawi, Muna Zalouk, Mohammad Hussein
Abdullah and Qasem Al Saedi
-Amman First International Festival, Jordan National
Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
1995 -Art Sphere Gallery, New York, Postmodern Abstract
From East to Middle East
1996 -Espace Creation Socio-Culturel de IEPDSAE, 7 Artists, Lille,
France
-Mouscron International Festival of Fine Arts, Belgium
-Atkinson Gallery UK, Contemporary Art from Jordan,
Collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
1997 -Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
2000 -Darat al-Funun, Amman, Private Collection
2002 -Al Moftaha Art Meeting, Workshop, Saudi Arabia
-Dar Al Anda Gallery, Amman, opening of new location
-Tehran Second Painting Biennial of the Islamic World,
Tehran, Iran
2003 -Williamsburg Bridges Palestine 2002, fifty artists, New York,
USA
-Mehres International Festival of Fine Arts, Tunisia
-Spring Exhibition by Jordanian Artists Association, Municipality
Hall, Amman
-Jordanian Culture Week Exhibition, Sharjah, UAE
2004 -Mehres International Festival of Fine Arts, Tunisia
2006 -Mehres International Festival of Fine Arts, Tunisia
-Arab Contemporary Art, Frankfurt, Germany
-First Tripoli Sculpture Symposium, Tripoli, Lebanon
2009 -Coordinated and participated in the International Workshop
for Gaza, Mehres International Festival of Fine Arts, Tunisia
-Cairo International Biennial, Cairo, Egypt
-Workshop, Jerusalem in Their Eyes, Damascus, Syria
-100 Artists & 100 Paintings by the City of Amman, 100
Years Since Amman’s Establishment
-CAB Art Gallery, Amman, 25 Artists
2010 -With Abbas Yousef, Bahraini artist, Kamel Gallery,
Damascus, Syria
-13 Artists, Miniatures, Kamel Gallery, Damascus,
Syria
-Arab Art Exhibition, Collection of Mehres Festival, in Paris
2011 -Creative Palestinians, Art Sawa, Dubai
-Sunny Art Fair, Zara Center, Amman
2012 -Diversity from the Arab World, 21 Arab Artists, Al Bareh Art
Gallery, Bahrain
-Memory of Place, Exhibition to benefit Iraqi Children, UNESCO in
Cooperation with Iraqi Businessmen, Dar Al Anda Art Gallery,
Amman
2013 -MAC International Symposium and Exhibition, Asilah,
Morocco
2014 -Al Asmakh International Art Symposium, Doha, Qatar
2015 -Al Asmakh Atelier, Doha, Qatar
-Workshop at MAC, Asilah, Morocco
– Cairo Amman Bank International Art Symposium,
Amman

-Baku International Festival (painting workshop).

2016 -China , Arab Artists’s workshop by ministry of culture – Nenpo -China

-Ayla International Art Symposium 1 –Aqaba – Jordan

-Workshop of Amman by the national Gallery of Jordan .

-Al Oxus Art Symposium 9 , Egypt .

-2017 Arab Artists Meeting, Qatar association for arts, workshop – painting, Doha Qatar.

-2017 workshop (graphic & etching ) Asylah – bareech , ( lesan al tair ) painters and poets, Morocco .

-2017 Ayla International Art Symposium 2 –Aqaba – Jordan
2017 The festival of Islamic art – Sharjah (workshop of mixed media with the students – of the art institute of Sharjah)

– 2017 Palestinian art exhibition – Kuwait – Abdalla al edwani hall by Palestinian heritage center.

-2018 CAB International Art Symposium4, Amman – Jordan

-2019 4th maritime Silk Road International Arts Festival – Quanzhou – China .

-2020 Music days in Berlin – Germany, with the Iraqi artist Fakher Mohammad , online exhibition >

-2022 Linking distances ( Wasel ) , With Salman Al Malik – Qatar , Qassim Al Saedi

– Iraq /Netherlands , Cairo Amman Bank , Jordan .

-2022 Linking distances ( Wasel ) , With Salman Al Malik – Qatar , Qassim Al Saedi

– Iraq /Netherlands , Al Markhiya Gallery , Qatar .

– 2022 The pioneers of The Jordanian Art Movement @ The Faculty of Fine Arts in Al Yarmouk university , Jordan within ( the 10th Arab Contemporary Art Conference And Festival ( Art And Culture )with ( Mahmoud Taha, Naser abdelaziz , Keram Nemri , Yaser Dwaik , Mahmoud Sadik ) .

Prizes

-First Prize, the Second Tehran Biennial of Contemporary Paintings of
the Islamic World
-Certificate of the Jury of Mouscron International Festival of
Fine Arts, 1996, Belgium

-2020 The artist’s Silk Road Painting won the final screening of the Silk Road Project within 25 international panels, and the Gallus Board was chosen as one of the 7 paintings that were considered the first row with the winning works that were acquired from the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the National Academy of Painting in China

– He got the Palestine state award for fine arts 2022

Collections

-National Art Museum of China( NAMOC ), Beijing
-Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
-Tehran Academy of Fine Arts
-Mehres Festival, Tunisia
-Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait
-Ministry of Culture, Damascus, Syria
-Q Gallery, Baku.
Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, UK, Sweden, France, Italy, Malta,
Belgium